Author: Chris Jansmann
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About That Star Trek Convention (2016 Edition)
A quick note – this is a blog entry I originally published on August 26, 2016 after attending The Official Star Trek Las Vegas Convention the year fandom celebrated the 50th anniversary of the show we adore. I no longer manage that other blog, but thought it would be fun to share my story here…
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Tucson Festival of Books
The Tucson Festival of Books is this weekend – one of the best times of the year to celebrate my twin loves: writing and reading.
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March
March was always a funny month for me while living in Maine. In some respects, it signaled the end of our long winter season was nearly over, and that the warmth of spring was on the horizon; but in others, it reminded us that massive piles of white snow were just as likely to appear…
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Destination Radio
An upcoming Sean Colbeth Mystery has its roots in memories of searching the radio dial for something to listen to while driving.
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Snowbound
Memories of living through cold New England winters and blustery Nor’easters helped to create the latest Sean Colbeth mystery.
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Potatoes
My first book, Blindsided, revolves around the murder of a local professor who, as it turns out, happened to be peer reviewing research regarding a new “super potato” that purportedly was able to fend off all manner of blight, thus increasing the potential yields for the farmers in Maine. It might seem like an unusual…
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What’s Behind My Titles?
It’s an interesting process I go through finding a title for a novel that fits both the story and the underlying theme of the work.
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Christmas Gift
It’s been just a few days since Peril went live; I have to admit, I’m always something of a nervous wreck during a book launch. Will the new story resonate with my readers, I always wonder, or will anyone actually find the new book in the first place? Honestly, I thought after publishing Blindsided the…
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Four Books!
As I write this, Peril has gone live on all editions — Kindle, paperback and hardcover. It’s hard to believe it was a little less than a year ago that Blindsided appeared, and though Peril is actually the seventh book written, the chronology of my series required that it sneak out as the fourth book…
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Pools and Sizes
I’ve mentioned before that I swam competitively when I was younger — though I hasten to again point out I was nowhere near as good as my two main characters, Sean Colbeth and Vasily Korsokovach. Having grown up in the sport, I’ve kept up with the changes to it over the years, from the full-body…